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The American Action Network is a conservative, nonprofit advocacy organization. Its leadership includes Republican former officials.

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American Action Network
stated on August 26, 2022 in an ad:

Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids."

By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2022
American Action Network
stated on November 7, 2017 in an ad:

Says the Republican tax plan "helps families" like one in which a woman lost her job and then lost her life savings fighting her husband’s cancer.

By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2017
American Action Network
stated on May 23, 2017 in an ad:

Under the American Health Care Act "people with pre-existing conditions are protected."

By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2017
American Action Network
stated on December 8, 2015 in a newspaper ad:

"Under conservative leadership, Congress has reduced the federal deficit by 60 percent – nearly $800 billion."

By Tom Kertscher • December 11, 2015
American Action Network
stated on October 21, 2010 in a campaign ad:

Ed Perlmutter voted for "Viagra for rapists" paid for with tax dollars.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 26, 2010

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